Employee or Independent Contractor? DOL Rule Hits Roadblock

The rule employers have used to determine if a worker is an employee or independent contractor won’t be enforced by federal regulators, for now. In fact, the rule may be rescinded, the Department of Labor (DOL) said recently.The DOL laid out the details in Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2025-1, released May 1, 2025.When conducting Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) investigations, the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division will no longer use the analysis included in the 2024 rule to determine whet